UI Overview
Creator Dashboard

1. Top Bar
mtion Logo (🏠): Opens a dropdown of global commands 🔽
Go to Dashboard
Save (Ctrl + S), Undo (Ctrl + Z), Redo (Ctrl + Y), Delete (Del)
Focus (F), Switch View (Tab), Snap to Camera (Shift + Ctrl + F), Image Snapshot (Shift + Ctrl + P)
Quality Levels: Poor → Supreme (Shift + Ctrl + 1–6)
Friend Search (👤): Find and follow other creators.
Notifications (🔔): See friend requests, mentions, and updates.
User Menu (🖼): Access your profile, preferences, and log out.
2. Left Panel
Dashboard: Return here at any time.
Worlds: Browse and open your saved worlds.
Assets: Browse all your 3D assets and community-shared assets.
Templates: Browse all your templates and community-shared templates.
Bazaar (Coming Soon): Discover free and premium assets from the community marketplace.
SDK: Link out to the mtion Unity SDK for advanced integrations.
3. Center View
Getting Started Panel: Quick-launch tiles to help you hit the ground running 🔽
Learning Hub: Re-open the Beginner’s Tutorial, feature guides, and Documentation
Community Assets: Browse and import popular free assets.
Templates: Start from one of our official templates.
Empty World: Create a brand-new world from scratch.
Featured Worlds (Experiences): A scrollable gallery showcasing 🔽
Featured Experiences: Hand-picked by the mtion team.
Community Worlds: Popular and newly published worlds by other creators.
Recently Edited: Your recently edited worlds
Footer:
Discord & X Icons: Quick links to our community channels.
Help (❓): Opens our support docs and FAQ.
Edit Mode
When you open a world in Edit Mode, the interface is divided into six main regions to streamline creation.

1. Top Bar
mtion Logo & Menu: Click to access global commands (Dashboard, Save, Undo/Redo, Quality Levels, etc.).
Mode Tabs: Switch between Editor (3D viewport) and Interactions (node graph).
Settings (⚙️): Opens the World Settings popup for name, description, publish options, and visibility/remix toggles.
Social & Profile Icons: Friend search, notifications, and your user menu.
2. Left Side Panel
Use the vertical buttons to switch between four panels:
Scene Hierarchy
A collapsible tree of every element in your world: Cameras, Displays, Lights, Objects, Shapes, Avatars, Audio Sources, First Person Beacons, etc.
Click to select, drag to reorder or group.
Multiplayer
Players: See connected users in real time (avatars, ping, roles).
Chat: Built-in chat window for live communication—type commands or messages directly. This allows you to chat with players in your world while you are in Edit Mode.
External Triggers
Quick list of livestream and input triggers (Twitch connection, chat commands, channel point redeems, hotkeys, API hooks).
Play buttons let you test triggers instantly; Power toggles enable/disable.
VMC Connections
Manage VMC integrations.
Configure ports, add avatars, and enable live data feeds into your world.
3. Inspector Panel (Right Panel)
Shows all editable properties for the selected object.
Changes apply instantly—even in live multiplayer sessions.
4. Main View - Top
Hang Toolbar: Contextual icons for grid snapping, gizmo visibility, audio mute, and helper overlays.
Play Button: enter Play Mode.
Publish Button: one-click publishing your world to an experience.
Disable Simulation: When toggled on, will disable all physics-enabled assets in the world.
Show Walkable Surfaces: When toggled on, will show surfaces in the world that are set as walkable paths for autonomous NPCs movement
5. Main View - Center (3D Viewport)
Your real-time canvas: build and manipulate objects directly with mouse-driven gizmos (move, rotate, scale).
Navigation in the 3D Viewport:

6. Main View - Bottom
Popout Preview: A popout preview window of selected camera.
Camera Preview Tray: Displayiong all created camera views in your world.
Asset Browser: A convenient location to open up asset browser while staying in Edit Mode.
Timelines Tray: This is where you can create automated camera tracks or light tracks. It's another way to setting up camera sequence without using the Node Graph.
Help Menu
Play Mode Pause Menu
When you enter Play Mode, the interface clears away all editing tools so you can experience your world as a player would. The only on-screen UI is the Pause Menu, which appears when you press Esc (PC) or the equivalent on gamepad.

Pause Menu Sections
Audio & Camera Settings
Master Audio: Adjust global volume.
Sensitivity / Invert X / Invert Y: Tweak your look controls on the fly.
Primary Actions
Resume: Return to the world (if you are the owner)
Edit: Seamlessly switch back into Edit Mode for live tweaks.
Remix: Fork the current world into your Dashboard as a new World.
Go to Dashboard: Exit to the main Dashboard.
Controls Reference
Mouse & Keyboard: Quick reminder of movement (W/A/S/D), jump, run, interact keys, sticker placement, and chat toggle.
Gamepad: Button mappings for console-style play.
Author Options (if you own the world)
Delete All Stickers: Clear all placed stickers in one click—a handy tool for resetting community-chalked boards or message walls.
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